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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni during a welcoming ceremony at the second Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg on 27 July, 2023. (AFP/Pavel Bednyakov/Pool)

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Premium badgeUgandan motorists could be fined four times a year in $275m Russian deal

Following a swathe of attacks and assassination attempts on Ugandan officials, President Museveni contracted a Russian company to surveil Ugandan moto...

Ethiopia Emperor Haile Selassie addresses the League of Nations on 30 June 1936 in Geneva to call for the body to support Ethiopia against Italian fascist aggression. (Public domain)

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Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo attends the 78th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

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Premium badgeGhana’s Akufo-Addo plays to domestic gallery with UN climate, debt pitch Debt relief was top of the agenda for the countries in the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF).
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and current President William Ruto (L) at the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative on 27 November 2019. REUTERS/Monica Mwangi

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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni during a welcoming ceremony at the second Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg on 27 July, 2023. (AFP/Pavel Bednyakov/Pool)

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Premium badgeUgandan motorists could be fined four times a year in $275m Russian deal Following a swathe of attacks and assassination attempts on Ugandan officials, President Museveni contracted a Russian company to surveil Ugandan moto...
Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo attends the 78th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

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Premium badgeGhana’s Akufo-Addo plays to domestic gallery with UN climate, debt pitch Debt relief was top of the agenda for the countries in the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF).
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and current President William Ruto (L) at the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative on 27 November 2019. REUTERS/Monica Mwangi

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Premium badgeKenya: A year into presidency, Ruto regime stained by Kenyatta ‘sins’ Kenya’s President Ruto vowed to streamline the police force, but allegations of gross human rights violations keep surfacing.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni during a welcoming ceremony at the second Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg on 27 July, 2023. (AFP/Pavel Bednyakov/Pool)

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Premium badgeUgandan motorists could be fined four times a year in $275m Russian deal Following a swathe of attacks and assassination attempts on Ugandan officials, President Museveni contracted a Russian company to surveil Ugandan moto...
Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo attends the 78th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

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Premium badgeGhana’s Akufo-Addo plays to domestic gallery with UN climate, debt pitch Debt relief was top of the agenda for the countries in the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF).
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and current President William Ruto (L) at the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative on 27 November 2019. REUTERS/Monica Mwangi

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Premium badgeKenya: A year into presidency, Ruto regime stained by Kenyatta ‘sins’ Kenya’s President Ruto vowed to streamline the police force, but allegations of gross human rights violations keep surfacing.

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